A recent study from the Plant Physiology Laboratory at the University of Guam has determined that cycad seeds offer a unique approach for boosting seedling performance, and the results have been ...

Japan (Amami Island, northern Ryukyu Islands): the large orange nuts or seeds are used as a famine or emergency food. The nuts grow in a cluster atop the stems of the plant. These may be mixed with ...

A bare-rooted young cycad seedling reveals how a root system ... This root growth is enabled by resources that are stored within the seeds but also supported by new food produced by photosynthesis ...

Cycad seeds are poisonous, but First Nations Australians worked out a complex process to prepare them for safe eating. This involved dissolving the plant’s toxins in running water, cooking ...